Eliminate some of the holiday stress this year by letting some of the best Houston chefs serve you and your family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. After you've finished shopping, decorated the house and welcomed all of your family members into your home, you deserve a scrumptious meal prepared by someone else.

No need to worry about cooking the perfect meal for each person in your home, or stress about cleaning up the kitchen before you go to bed on Christmas Eve. We have compiled a list of restaurants open on Christmas Eve (and some on Christmas Day), so you can see what they have to offer on each of those days. As always, make your reservations in advance; the sooner, the better! We will update this list as it gets closer to Christmas.

Enjoy a three-course dinner for $52 on Christmas Eve at Bistro Provence. The French restaurant requires a $25 deposit for either seating from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The meal begins with your choice of a mixed-greens salad with smoked duck magret, goat cheese and honey vinaigrette, marinated and smoked salmon tartare, or classic French onion soup. Entrée options include monkfish medallions Armoricaine with Camargue rice, beef filet with foie gras, wild mushrooms en croute and Lyonnaises potatoes, or a rack of lamb with herbs de Provence and roasted almond risotto. Conclude the meal with a traditional Buche de Noel or lavender crème brulee.

From 5 to 8:30 p.m., Rudi Lechner's will serve a special Christmas Eve a la carte meal with appetizers, soups, entrees and desserts. Starter options include a grilled sausage sampler with sauerkraut for $8.25, potato latkes with sour cream or apple sauce for $6.95, and Maryland crab cakes for $11.95. Choose from chicken noodle, French onion, goulash or white wine cheese soup for $5.25 each. Entrée selections include grilled salmon with a dill caper sauce, creamed spinach and potatoes for $23, roasted leg of lamb with mashed potatoes and sautéed zucchini for $22, and Wiener Schnitzel Austrian potatoes with red cabbage for $22.

This year's Christmas Eve dinner at Sorrel will feature dishes from around the world; it's an international Christmas Eve dinner. From 5-9 p.m., Sorrel will serve a la carte options, including South African lentil salad with tomato, lentils and coriander leaves for $9, and mofongo of fried plantains with roasted garlic and house pork rinds for $10 as appetizers; soup options include Korean miso soup with local market fish for $9 and Austrian Goulash with Hungarian crème fraiche for $8. Entrées include house-made pork confit tamales served with yucca mash and cucumber-cactus salad for $26, roasted squab with apples, currants and hazelnuts, red wine demi and braised cabbage-potato dumplings for $34, and charmoula lamb chops with curried cous cous and ancho honey glaze for $32. End the meal with a meringue and toasted hazelnut brittle topped with Houston's very own Cloud 10 vanilla bean ice cream for $11, a chocolate torte with blueberry-basil salad and fleur de sel for $10, or a sweet potato crème brulee with cranberry compote for $9.

On Christmas Eve, The Bird & The Bear will serve a variety of appetizers for the entire family, including calamari, crab cakes, tuna tartar and fried gulf oysters, as well as main courses for every palate. Vegetarian options include a wild mushroom pasta, butternut squash ravioli and a gluten-free garden pasta. The restaurant will also serve crispy chicken roulade and bacon-wrapped brace of quail, seared Chilean sea bass, seafood paella, braised pork osso buco and The Ouisie's original chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, black eyed peas, mustard greens and Lucy's corn pudding. Each item is priced a la carte.

Ouisie's Table will offer a similar menu to The Bird & The Bear on Christmas Eve; however, it will feature a few different items, such as a baked Cornish hen, baked Alaskan baby coho salmon and seared wild boar chops with port reduction. Each item is priced a la carte.

Who says you can't have sushi on Christmas Eve? Kata Robata will be open from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The restaurant won't offer a happy hour on Christmas Eve, but will offer its full menu.

This restaurant will serve The Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Italian Christmas Eve meal, for $90 a person, or $120 with wine pairings. The meal will be served from 5:30-10 p.m., beginning with a choice of baccala fritto, fried salted cod, or ragno granchio insalata, a spider crab salad with crostini and ricotta. The rest of the menu includes options such as fried Gulf shrimp with mizuna, sea urchin bucatini with squid ink pasta, and whole grilled branzino with grilled radicchio, fennel, potato and lemon jam. Dessert options include a white chocolate cheesecake with peppermint swirl gelato and chocolate peppermint bark, or a caramel pudding with a double chocolate sea salt cookie and salted caramel sauce.

Enjoy a feast at Fogo de Chao on Christmas Eve during lunch from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for $34.50 per person, or for dinner from 5-10 p.m. for $51.50 per person. As always, the Brazilian steakhouse will serve 16 cuts of fire-roasted meats.

Bistro Des Arts will offer a Christmas Eve dinner from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for $48.95 per person. First-course options include house-smoked salmon with salad, lobster bisque with cheese feuillete, and snails in cassolette with artichoke in a sweet garlic sauce. Second-course options include beef filet mignon, traditional French turkey with chestnuts, and venison stew. Bistro des Arts will serve 13 desserts of Provence at Christmas to conclude the meal.

From 4-10 p.m., La Balance Cuisine will serve a three-course Christmas Eve dinner for $95 per person. Choose from ginger and carrot soup or a beet salad with truffle jus and quail eggs for the first course, scallops with celery root and mustard seeds, or oxtail ravioli with cream bordelaise for the second course, and root with vegetables and lemon butter sauce, or beef bourguignon with mashed potatoes, onions and pancetta for the final course.

Each course of this traditional Parisian Christmas Eve menu will be paired with Champagne. The appetizer options include a dozen oysters with horseradish sauce or homemade terrine de foie gras; main entree options are either halibut in a white butter sauce with mashed potatoes or lamb shank with a cognac and mushroom sauce. Sale-Sucre will serve a Christmas trifle made of sponge cake, English cream, strawberry marmalade and fruit for dessert. Seatings begin at 5 p.m. for this $54 dinner.

Arturo's Uptown Italiano will offer lunch and dinner specials on Christmas Eve in addition to the regular menu. The two specials include pistachio-crusted lamb chops with a mustard demi-glace, polenta and grilled asparagus, and a whole Mediterranean sea bass branzino.

For $65 per adult and $32 per child, enjoy a Christmas Eve dinner from 5:30-10 p.m. The meal begins with an antipasti buffet featuring smoked salmon, cured meats and assorted salads. Then, choose from roasted sea breamfilet, Texas quail stuffed with chestnuts and foie gras, and beef tenderloin filet. Dessert includes an assortment of seasonal pastries served in the middle of the table for the entire family to enjoy.

After the presents have been opened, head to Quattro for a Christmas Day brunch featuring cocktails, classic breakfast dishes, chef action stations and lunch options. The brunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. for $85 per adult and $40 per child.

Quattro will also be open for a Christmas dinner from 5:30-10 p.m. For $65 per adult and $32 per child, enjoy an antipasti buffet featuring a roasted root vegetable salad, an assortment of American Farmstead cheeses and a Niçoise salad with tuna. Choose from braised veal cheeks with white polenta and smoked Gouda, roast turkey with panettone stuffing, whipped potatoes, Brussels sprouts and cranberry compote, or pumpkin risotto with black truffle, for the plated entrée. Dessert includes an assortment of seasonal pastries served in the middle of the table for the entire family to enjoy.

Ristorante Cavour inside Hotel Granduca will serve a four-course menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for $82 per person. The menu begins with citrus-scented ahi tuna with toasted pine nuts, followed by parsnip- and ricotta-filled tortellini for the first course. The second course includes a choice of two entrees -- salmon brandade with citrus, fennel wild rice salad and roasted chestnut sauce, or grilled veal chop with creamy polenta, wilted arugula and Barolo glace. The meal ends with a warm panettone bread pudding with vanilla gelato. Add wine pairings to each course for an additional $48.

Each Smith & Wollensky location will serve a Winter Menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, featuring jumbo shrimp stuffed with lump crab meat and garlic butter, braised beef and morels with rosemary pappardelle for appetizers, and a beef tenderloin trio with three different toppings (Cajun seasoning, Gorgonzola crust and Madeira demi-glace), as well as a double-cut lamb chop for entrees.

Fusion Taco will be open at both locations on Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m., as well as on Christmas Day from 12-9 p.m. serving its regular menu and all-day happy hour specials for beer, wine and cocktails.

Monarch Restaurant and Lounge inside Hotel Zaza will serve a three-course Christmas Day menu for $55. Enjoy fried oysters or yellow-corn grits from Homestead Gristmill for an appetizer, followed by pork osso buco, duck breast, seafood chile enogada or spinach ravioli for the main course. Dive into a festive eggnog cheesecake topped with a walnut streusel crumble, or Red Velvet cake with traditional cream cheese frosting for dessert.

Kiran's will serve a Mistletoe Buffet from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Christmas Day for $55 ($20 for children under 12). Begin the meal with spiced mulled cider, followed by a Caesar salad made with garlic brioche vindaloo croutons, black garlic Caesar dressing and tandoori Cornish hen in the salad. Buffet selections include a leg of lamb carving station, bison meatballs, apricot biryani, buttered naan and triple cheese curried cauliflower gratin. Kiran's will offer a dessert spread including almond toffee, Nutella crescents and ginger crème brulee.

Turquoise Grill will be open on Christmas Day from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. at both locations. Starter options include a mezze platter of hummus, feta cheese, stuffed grape leaves, feta roll, falafel and lebni spread; entree options include turkey with trimmings, brick oven-baked lamb shank with Jasmine rice, or grilled wild salmon with sauteed spinach and Jasmine rice. Dessert options include baklava or pumpkin pie. A children's menu (ages 6-12) is also available for $12.

Ruth's Chris will be open on Christmas Day for extended hours from 2-8:30 p.m. The steakhouse is serving two surf-n-turf specials: twin cold water North American lobster tails and a filet for $47.95, or lobster tails with rib eye for $57.95. If you don't want to eat out, but also don't want to cook, you can order holiday sides to-go from Ruth's Chris, including sweet potato casserole, green beans and creamed spinach, each for $29.95; the sides feed approximately 10-12 guests.